Therapeutic Touch and Music in The Menopausal Period

Summary

Menopause is a natural phenomenon and physiological process in middle-aged women. It is noted that women most often complain of vasomotor symptoms and sleep disorders during the menopausal period, and therefore their quality of daily life is negatively affected. Reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for menopausal women they are applying for medical approaches due to the side effects of the method compared to music, yoga, aromatherapy, therapeutic massage, physical exercise, sleep hygiene education, therapeutic touch, acupressure, acupuncture and cognitive behavioral therapy as a non pharmacological methods, it is observed that they resort to such methods. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch and music listening on sleep quality, menopausal symptoms and quality of life in menopausal women. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of therapeutic touch and music listening on sleep quality, menopausal symptoms and quality of life in menopausal women.

Conditions

• Menopause

Interventions

OTHER

Therapeutic Touch

Each of the women will be informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent will be obtained from the women who meet the conditions for participation and agree to participate. The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form, PSQI,MRS and MENQOL. After pre-test data collection, women will be given an appointment for therapeutic administration.The therapeutic touch group will be applied to the therapeutic touch group once a week for four weeks in a suitable room in the Faculty of Nursing and on the specified day and time by the researcher.At the end of the fourth week, post-test data will be obtained by filling in PSQI, MRS and MENQOL again.

OTHER

Music Listening Group

Each of the women was informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent was obtained from the women who met the conditions for participation and accepted to participate.The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form, PSQI, MRS and MENQOL. Music stream, music will be uploaded to mobile phones. He will be asked to listen to music (relaxation music in the relaxation exercises CD prepared by the Turkish Psychological Association) for 30 minutes before going to sleep every day for four weeks. At the end of the fourth week, post-test data will be obtained by filling in PSQI, MRS and MENQOL again

OTHER

Control Group

Each of the women will be informed about the purpose and content of the study at the first meeting, and informed consent will be obtained from the women who meet the conditions for participation and agree to participate.The pre-test data in the research will be obtained with the Participant Identification Form, PSQI, MRS and MENQOL. No action will be taken on the control group for four weeks. At the end of the fourth week, post-test data will be obtained by filling in PSQI, MRS and MENQOL again.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Inonu University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• FATMA KESKİN · Inonu University

• YURDAGÜL YAĞMUR, Professor · Inonu University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

45 Years

Max Age

59 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-09-03

Primary Completion

2022-08-25

Completion

2022-08-25

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations